Mansur ibn Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Yusuf Ibn Faqir Ilyas (flourished in the 15th century), Al-Tashrih bi-al-Tasvir (Anatomy with illustrations), also known as Tashrih-i Mansuri, India, dated A.H. 1212/A.D. 1797, during the 37th regnal year of Shah 'Alam II (1759-1788 and 1788-1806)

Persian manuscript on paper, 81 leaves, 17 lines to the page written in nasta'liq script in black ink, catchwords, headings and significant words picked out or underlined in red throughout, illustrations drawn in ink with some colour, light blue boards

Cover worn down, some pages stained on extremities, otherwise colours very strong and bright, as viewed.
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The treatise was dedicated to Timur's grandson Pir Muhammad ibn 'Umar Shaykh, the ruler of Fars (1394-1409).  The text is divided into six chapters that discuss bones, nerves, muscles, veins, arteries and the organs such as the heart, brain and eyes as well as the development of the embryo.  Schmitz adds that although copies have been attributed to the 15th century, the earliest known dated copies are from the 1670s and 1680s (Schmitz 1992, no.II.22, pp.134-135).